"The Children of the Monument"

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Sun, 2007-04-22 08:26

Okay, here's the thing...

Occasionally I will post an odd dream herewith and ask my fellow ABC'ers for an interpretation thereto. That time has arisen again! To whit...

Last night I dreamt I was in Croatia (where, not so long ago (specifically in Rovinj), I have been) - only it was an alternative version of Croatia, which was actually more like the Greek Island of Zante/Zakynthos (where I have also been)... with a big curvy peninsula at the end (like Porto Roma in Zante, where I have been), which created a harbour... If one walked to the end of this peninsula, one could then walk across a small sandy land-bridge, to arrive in... Rome! Only Rome wasn't (probably, as I haven't been there) what one would think it is, but also, it seemed, some kind of island. When one arrived, at the other side of the land-bridge, at the island of Rome, there was some kind of big statue-type jobbie, similar to one of the two big statues overlooking the river in that scene in Lord of the Rings, and the statue was called...

Children of the Monument.

Odd, as I am pretty sure I have never heard this phrase before.

I've just googled it, but to no avail.

Does it mean anything to anyone?

Ta, peeps! :)

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Sun, 2007-04-22 21:24

Yan2

ab-solutely fook all. But nice dream, thanks ;~) When the power of love overcomes the love of power, we'll find peace. - Jimi Hendrix

~It's a maze for rats to try, it's a race for rats to die.~

Sun, 2007-04-22 21:31

lisa h

Where's Jude? She's really good at this stuff. Although, at a guess, I'd say you are broody. Maybe the overseas element means you want to adopt a foreign child?

Mon, 2007-04-23 12:34

Yan2

:~) lol. When the power of love overcomes the love of power, we'll find peace. - Jimi Hendrix

~It's a maze for rats to try, it's a race for rats to die.~

Mon, 2007-04-23 12:41

Yan2

ah well, the problem with dreams and interpretations is that it's so difficult to seperate the random, unconscious ramblings and manage to extract something meangingful. A long shot would be: nice weather at moment, getting near 'holiday' season, been re-kindling a few little memories. In your dreams they've barfed-up as snapshots of old hols (greece, etc) and then the 'monument' thing is a kind of neuro-firing tangent of greece (architecture, etc) and the children..well, that may be where the meaning comes in...coupled with your random neurotic dumpings. So hard to make ANY intereptation when I don't get direct access to all your random daily thoughts. ;) Sometimes the brain burns images that it doesn't really need... When the power of love overcomes the love of power, we'll find peace. - Jimi Hendrix

~It's a maze for rats to try, it's a race for rats to die.~

Mon, 2007-04-23 12:43

markbrown

"Your strange dreams don't impress in any way, In dreams, strange things are mundane and everyday. Strange, to me would be, Buying a loaf, then going straight home." 'San Antonio Foam Party' by Half Man Half Biscuit, from Cammell Laird Social Club, 2002 Cheers, mark

Mon, 2007-04-23 14:09

poetjude

Hi Peps. This dream is about your spiritual and social life journey at the moment. Croatia represents, wildness, simplicity and faith (I've been to Dubrovnik and am off to Zada soon btw!) . The fact that it was actually like Greece (Greece is associated with a great civilisation) shows that there is a tension between this simplicity and the 'refined cultural' self you feel you should and do nurture. Rome, another great civilisation represents your spiritual quest since Rome is associated with 'religion' as Athens is with 'philosophy'. The fact that it is a small sandy land bridge indicates that you see the path as being fearful or unstable. And yet you want to reach the island and find some peace in your spiritual values. The statue (Roman statues often being marble, a very hard substance) is the embodiment of your desire to arrive at a spiritual life that is stable. The title of the statue is all important. A monument is a commemeration of a person or event. I am not entirely sure what it represents but I think it could be along the following lines: Although you want a stable spirituality, you subconsciously desire the fluidity and wonder of the childhood spirit. - jude "Cacoethes scribendi" http://www.judesworld.net

Mon, 2007-04-23 16:11

archergirl

Jude, I see a second source of income for you, a sort of avocation or financially lucrative hobby: dream interpreter extraordinaire!

Mon, 2007-04-23 20:03

pepsoid

Jude, you are the reincarnation of Mr Jung! (both have 4 letters and start with a 'J' - it can't be a coincidence!)... your interpretation does indeed seem to encapsulate stuff that is presently whirling around in the bonce of yours truly... :) pe ps oid ... What is "The Art of Tea"? ... (www.pepsoid.wordpress.com)

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Tue, 2007-04-24 09:56

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Juliet OC

But like horoscopes, the interpretation would ring true for most of us. Juliet

Juliet

Tue, 2007-04-24 10:57

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poetjude

Oh ye of little faith! jude "Cacoethes scribendi" http://www.judesworld.net

Tue, 2007-04-24 12:51

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hox

I think he had wind.

Wed, 2007-04-25 19:31

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pepsoid

:))) pe ps oid ... What is "The Art of Tea"? ... (www.pepsoid.wordpress.com)

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Thu, 2007-04-26 20:52

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Yan2

cmon, peps. reality check!? You're being told what you want to hear...and most people consistently spend their whole lives contemplating what Jude has told you your dream means. Have a cuppa tea, and keep your silver in your pocket, lad! When the power of love overcomes the love of power, we'll find peace. - Jimi Hendrix

~It's a maze for rats to try, it's a race for rats to die.~

Fri, 2007-04-27 15:31

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styx

No: it will be her third source of income; writes styx enigmatically.

Fri, 2007-04-27 18:09

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pepsoid

Well I won't be paying the lass, Yan... ;) you mean you don't believe in the power of the unconscious mind and its ability to connect with the Collective Unconscious...??? pe ps oid ... What is "The Art of Tea"? ... (www.pepsoid.wordpress.com)

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Sat, 2007-04-28 01:47

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Yan2

I do, but it is very difficult, like I said, to extract the mindless (so to speak) neurotic mish-mash and attempt to conclude on something firm. If you keep a personal diary and learn how your 'sleep filter' works, then you'll have a better chance of reading your own dreams more successfully by categorising, "ah yeah..that was just something I saw today, morphing into that, which my neurons then associated with that other thing, etc." Your head is just burning new images, thoughts, feelings, etc...constantly, and maps are being made by association...and it's a big big mess to sort through and end up with some mystical mumbo-jumbly, detailed analysis such as 'classic' dream interpretation. I'm afraid there's noone who can unravel all that but yourself...no matter what you a-z of dream symbols tell you ;) When the power of love overcomes the love of power, we'll find peace. - Jimi Hendrix

~It's a maze for rats to try, it's a race for rats to die.~

Sun, 2007-04-29 10:14

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pepsoid

In all seriousness, whenever I am in receipt of some kind of "reading" - be it of dreams, tarot cards or whatever - I always test it against my own instincts and see if it resonates as true. OK, this probably sounds kind of wishy-washy in itself, but as you say, Yan, who else can know my own mind better than me? The universe of symbols, signs and interpretations serves as signposts - signposts to myself, if you like. Nothing is set. Nothing is concrete. The universe itself, by physical and more esoteric definitions, is in constant flux. I do believe, to some degree, in Jung's Archetypes and the like, but is is, I believe, erroneous for someone to say (regarding dreams, for example) that "your dream of a squirrel means you are metaphorically storing for the future" - I believe general assumptions of such things are valid and have their place, but have to be contextualised in terms of culture, individual psychologies, etc. Jude's interpretation felt kind of right to me. But one does have to be careful to distinguish between something genuinely feeling right and wanting it to be right. The universe is a strange and mysterious place, and I believe one can use all kinds of strange as well as conventional means to guide one through the morass of its strangeness (oops, 3 uses of the word "strange" there...!) - one also has to be prepare to take any information, from any source, with a pinch of salt... including everything I have said above! ;) pe ps oid ... What is "The Art of Tea"? ... (www.pepsoid.wordpress.com)

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